Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity

Program Description

As a cybersecurity major, students learn skills and techniques that will prepare them for success in their careers or graduate studies. Cybersecurity is the protection of infrastructure, systems, devices, networks, information, and applications from attacks, damage, loss, or unauthorized access through appropriate technologies, practices, and techniques. The program will focus on general computer science skills, and the necessary skills to create, develop, and deploy secure computer-based systems.

Graduates will have skills and expertise related to cybersecurity including the prevention and detection of cyberattacks on computer-related infrastructure within an organization. Students will have a broad understanding of computer systems including hardware, networks, operating systems, information assurance, and programming. Students will also have skills related to computer security policy and its implementation as well as a relevant understanding of social engineering as a means of computer vulnerability.

Students will learn to analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions and learn to design, implement and evaluate computing systems against a set of requirements, including security requirements. Students will learn to work in teams, communicate effectively, and apply legal and ethical principles to make informed judgments in a computing context. Graduates will be able to apply security principles and practices to the environment, hardware, software, and human aspects of a system as well as analyze and evaluate systems with respect to maintaining operations in the presence of risks and threats.